Tour of Britain Stage 6TT

Edoardo Affini wins the time trial whilst Mathieu van der Poel takes the lead again in the overall. Brits drop down the GC table after time trial

Tour of Britain Stage 6TT

Race Leader: Mathieu van der Poel
Points: Matteo Trentin
KoM: Jacob Scott
Sprints: Rory Townsend

Report – Event Press Release

Mathieu van der Poel retakes Tour of Britain lead

Mathieu van der Poel retook the lead in the 2019 Tour of Britain after placing sixth in Thursday’s Pershore individual time trial, a stage that saw Italian rider Edoardo Affini claim the biggest victory of his fledgling professional career to date.

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Corendon – Circus rider van der Poel – who won in Kendal on Tuesday – placed sixth on the stage in Worcestershire to retake the green jersey from Affini’s Mitchelton-SCOTT team-mate Matteo Trentin.

Affini posted a time of 16’39” for the 14.4-kilometre course, beating nearest challenger Sebastian Langeveld (EF Education First) by seven seconds, with former race winner Dylan van Baarle (Team INEOS) on the same time. “I kind of surprised myself,” said van der Poel. “The last real time trial I did was when I was a junior, that’s a long time ago. I’m really satisfied with the performance and I liked it out there today.”

“It’s going to be a hard race for sure the next few days. Matteo [Trentin] is my closest opponent and he already showed that he’s fast in the end as well. With the bonus seconds, it’s going to be really tight battle until the last day. The riders from INEOS are also not that far behind and they have a really strong team here. They’ve already showed that. I think there a lot of riders who can still win the race.”

Van der Poel now leads by six seconds from Trentin, who retains the Points jersey, with Pavel Sivakov (Team INEOS) at 24 seconds, and Jasper De Buyst (Lotto Soudal) and Nils Politt (Team Katusha Alpecin) a further two and three seconds in arrears respectively. Speaking afterwards, stage winner Edoardo Affini commented on his biggest win, “It’s amazing, it’s my second victory this year and first year as a professional. For sure I’m really happy because the field here was really good field of riders for the TT and it gave me some confidence.”

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“Every rider was looking way faster than me at the time split so every time I was like ‘Maybe it’s not going to happen’ but in the end it looked like I was really able to make the difference on the way back home and I think it worked well with pacing myself so really, really happy.”

Ben Swift (Team INEOS) is the top British rider overall, in 13th position, 49 seconds in arrears. The three classification jerseys remained unchanged, with Trentin in the Points jersey and Rory Townsend (Canyon dhb p/b Bloor Homes) retaining the Sprints jersey by four points from Dries de Bondt (Corendon Circus) with two days remaining. Jacob Scott (Swift Carbon Pro Cycling) enjoys a 21 point lead in the King of the Mountains classification from de Bondt, and could wrap up the climbers’ jersey during the Warwickshire stage.

Stage Seven begins at Warwick race course at 11:00 and takes in 188 kilometres of Warwickshire, including three ascents of the finish climb at Burton Dassett Country Park. Looking ahead to the stage, Coventry rider Jake Stewart of the Great Britain team is looking forward to racing on his local training roads, as the Warwickshire stage skirts the city. “I’ll know where I am most of the day, It is nice to be able to race on home roads, so I’ll be looking to go and hit that hard tomorrow. The support’s been great, it’s always nice being in national colours in a national race.”

Matteo Trentin – Second Place Overall – “I think I did the best I could, I was expecting to lose a little bit and six-seconds is not the end of the world but it is going to be hard to take it back. There’s two-days to go and it is getting harder and harder everyday.”

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1 Edoardo Affini Mitchelton – Scott 16:39
2 Sebastian Langeveld EF Education First @ 07
3 Dylan Van Baarle Team Ineos @ 07
4 Luke Durbridge Mitchelton – Scott @ 08
5 Tanel Kangert EF Education First @ 10
6 Mathieu van der Poel Corendon – Circus @ 12
7 Alex Dowsett Team Katusha – Alpecin @ 13
8 Jos Van Emden Team Jumbo – Visma @ 16
9 Pavel Sivakov Team Ineos @ 17
10 Frederik Frison Lotto – Soudal @ 20
11 Nils Politt Team Katusha – Alpecin @ 20
12 Alex Edmondson Mitchelton – Scott @ 20
13 Matteo Trentin Mitchelton – Scott @ 21
14 Lasse Norman Hansen Corendon – Circus @ 22
15 Gianni Moscon Team Ineos @ 26
16 Tony Gallopin AG2R La Mondiale @ 28
17 Chad Haga Team Sunweb @ 28
18 Jasper De Buyst Lotto – Soudal @ 31
19 Brent Van Moer Lotto – Soudal @ 31
20 Andrey Amador Movistar Team @ 32
21 Mike Teunissen Team Jumbo – Visma @ 32
22 Amund Grøndahl Jansen Team Jumbo – Visma @ 33
23 Cameron Meyer Mitchelton – Scott @ 33
24 Tiesj Benoot Lotto – Soudal @ 34
25 Gediminas Bagdonas AG2R La Mondiale @ 37
26 Alexander Kamp Riwal Readynez @ 38
27 Jack Bauer Mitchelton – Scott @ 38
28 Harry Tanfield Team Katusha – Alpecin @ 38
29 Chris Hamilton Team Sunweb @ 40
30 Lawrence Warbasse AG2R La Mondiale @ 42
31 Ben Swift Team Ineos @ 42
32 Nils Eekhoff Team Sunweb @ 42
33 Mark Christian Team Wiggins-Le Col @ 44
34 Simon Clarke EF Education First @ 44
35 Florian Stork Team Sunweb @ 45
36 Edward Dunbar Team Ineos @ 49
37 Xandro Meurisse Wanty – Groupe Gobert @ 52
38 Jimmy Janssens Corendon – Circus @ 55
39 Julien Vermote Team Dimension Data @ 58
40 Ben Hermans Israel Cycling Academy @ 01:00
41 Torkil Veyhe Riwal Readynez @ 01:04
42 Matthew Holmes Madison – Genesis @ 01:05
43 Danilo Wyss Team Dimension Data @ 01:06
44 Emil Nygaard Vinjebo Riwal Readynez @ 01:07
45 James Shaw SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling @ 01:07
46 Ben Gastauer AG2R La Mondiale @ 01:07
47 Mark Cavendish Team Dimension Data @ 01:10
48 Philip Walsleben Corendon – Circus @ 01:10
49 Rhys Britton Great Britain Cycling Team @ 01:11
50 Jonathan Dibben Madison – Genesis @ 01:11
51 Remy Mertz Lotto – Soudal @ 01:13
52 Connor Swift Great Britain Cycling Team @ 01:14
53 Conor Dunne Israel Cycling Academy @ 01:15
54 Mikel Landa Movistar Team @ 01:16
55 Rasmus Byriel Iversen Lotto – Soudal @ 01:19
56 Michal Golas Team Ineos @ 01:19
57 Sacha Modolo EF Education First @ 01:22
58 Alex Colman Canyon DHB @ 01:23
59 Mickaël Cherel AG2R La Mondiale @ 01:25
60 Mark Renshaw Team Dimension Data @ 01:25
61 Eduardo Sepulveda Movistar Team @ 01:27
62 Ethan Vernon Great Britain Cycling Team @ 01:30
63 James Fouche Team Wiggins-Le Col @ 01:30
64 Samuel Jenner Team Wiggins-Le Col @ 01:31
65 Mark Donovan Team Wiggins-Le Col @ 01:31
66 Jacob Scott SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling @ 01:35
67 Omer Goldstein Israel Cycling Academy @ 01:40
68 Tom Van Asbroeck Israel Cycling Academy @ 01:40
69 Axel Domont AG2R La Mondiale @ 01:41
70 Jake Stewart Great Britain Cycling Team @ 01:41
71 Hector Carretero Movistar Team @ 01:41
72 Aaron Verwilst Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise @ 01:42
73 Koen Bouwman Team Jumbo – Visma @ 01:46
74 Thomas Sprengers Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise @ 01:52
75 Bernhard Eisel Team Dimension Data @ 01:54
76 Lucas Eriksson Riwal Readynez @ 01:57
77 Jens Debusschere Team Katusha – Alpecin @ 02:02
78 Joey Walker Madison – Genesis @ 02:04
79 Thimo Willems Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise @ 02:05
80 Davide Cimolai Israel Cycling Academy @ 02:07
81 Gabriel Cullaigh Team Wiggins-Le Col @ 02:07
82 Ryan Christensen Canyon DHB @ 02:08
83 Matthew Bostock Canyon DHB @ 02:09
84 Wesley Kreder Wanty – Groupe Gobert @ 02:09
85 Christophe Noppe Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise @ 02:10
86 Roy Curvers Team Sunweb @ 02:11
87 Ben Hardy SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling @ 02:11
88 Sindre Skjøstad Lunke Riwal Readynez @ 02:13
89 Carlos Verona Movistar Team @ 02:15
90 Cees Bol Team Sunweb @ 02:17
91 Carlos Barbero Movistar Team @ 02:19
92 Matthew Walls Great Britain Cycling Team @ 02:22
93 Jim Brown Great Britain Cycling Team @ 02:25
94 Andreas Stokbro Nielsen Riwal Readynez @ 02:26
95 Dylan Groenewegen Team Jumbo – Visma @ 02:28
96 Otto Vergaerde Corendon – Circus @ 02:29
97 Thomas Stewart Canyon DHB @ 02:30
98 Peter Williams SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling @ 02:31
99 Jonathan McEvoy Madison – Genesis @ 02:33
100 Erick Rowsell Madison – Genesis @ 02:38
101 Edward Laverack SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling @ 02:38
102 Andrew Tennant Canyon DHB @ 02:43
103 Michael Cuming Madison – Genesis @ 02:45
104 Rory Townsend Canyon DHB @ 02:45
105 Trond Håkon Trondsen Wanty – Groupe Gobert @ 02:47
106 Benjamin Perry Israel Cycling Academy @ 02:47
107 Robert Scott Team Wiggins-Le Col @ 02:50
108 Boris Vallée Wanty – Groupe Gobert @ 03:00
109 Tristan Robbins SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling @ 03:15
110 Dries De Bondt Corendon – Circus @ 03:23
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OVERALL
1 Mathieu van der Poel Corendon – Circus 21:50:49
2 Matteo Trentin Mitchelton – Scott @ 06
3 Pavel Sivakov Team Ineos @ 24
4 Jasper De Buyst Lotto – Soudal @ 26
5 Nils Politt Team Katusha – Alpecin @ 27
6 Gianni Moscon Team Ineos @ 33
7 Mike Teunissen Team Jumbo – Visma @ 35
8 Tanel Kangert EF Education First @ 36
9 Andrey Amador Movistar Team @ 39
10 Amund Grøndahl Jansen Team Jumbo – Visma @ 40
11 Tiesj Benoot Lotto – Soudal @ 41
12 Simon Clarke EF Education First @ 46
13 Ben Swift Team Ineos @ 49
14 Luke Durbridge Mitchelton – Scott @ 54
15 Lawrence Warbasse AG2R La Mondiale @ 57
16 Alex Edmondson Mitchelton – Scott @ 58
17 Xandro Meurisse Wanty – Groupe Gobert @ 59
18 Brent Van Moer Lotto – Soudal @ 01:06
19 Chris Hamilton Team Sunweb @ 01:06
20 Mark Christian Team Wiggins-Le Col @ 01:10
21 Alexander Kamp Riwal Readynez @ 01:10
22 Matthew Holmes Madison – Genesis @ 01:12
23 Ben Hermans Israel Cycling Academy @ 01:15
24 Cameron Meyer Mitchelton – Scott @ 01:19
25 James Shaw SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling @ 01:22
26 Danilo Wyss Team Dimension Data @ 01:24
27 Mickaël Cherel AG2R La Mondiale @ 01:40
28 Connor Swift Great Britain Cycling Team @ 01:40
29 Eduardo Sepulveda Movistar Team @ 01:55
30 Tom Van Asbroeck Israel Cycling Academy @ 01:55
31 Thomas Sprengers Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise @ 01:59
32 Mark Donovan Team Wiggins-Le Col @ 01:59
33 Michal Golas Team Ineos @ 02:05
34 Lucas Eriksson Riwal Readynez @ 02:25
35 Jimmy Janssens Corendon – Circus @ 02:52
36 Tony Gallopin AG2R La Mondiale @ 03:44
37 Sebastian Langeveld EF Education First @ 04:09
38 Julien Vermote Team Dimension Data @ 04:52
39 Otto Vergaerde Corendon – Circus @ 05:26
40 Florian Stork Team Sunweb @ 05:43
41 Ryan Christensen Canyon DHB @ 06:06
42 Carlos Verona Movistar Team @ 08:28
43 Ben Gastauer AG2R La Mondiale @ 08:34
44 Dylan Van Baarle Team Ineos @ 08:54
45 Aaron Verwilst Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise @ 09:25
46 Thimo Willems Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise @ 09:36
47 Sindre Skjøstad Lunke Riwal Readynez @ 09:40
48 Carlos Barbero Movistar Team @ 09:46
49 Mikel Landa Movistar Team @ 10:12
50 Jos Van Emden Team Jumbo – Visma @ 12:01
51 Emil Nygaard Vinjebo Riwal Readynez @ 12:12
52 Philip Walsleben Corendon – Circus @ 12:43
53 Jake Stewart Great Britain Cycling Team @ 14:45
54 Omer Goldstein Israel Cycling Academy @ 14:54
55 Edward Dunbar Team Ineos @ 15:31
56 Davide Cimolai Israel Cycling Academy @ 16:49
57 Benjamin Perry Israel Cycling Academy @ 16:51
58 Alex Dowsett Team Katusha – Alpecin @ 17:20
59 Chad Haga Team Sunweb @ 17:32
60 Axel Domont AG2R La Mondiale @ 17:57
61 Nils Eekhoff Team Sunweb @ 18:56
62 Sacha Modolo EF Education First @ 19:37
63 Ethan Vernon Great Britain Cycling Team @ 19:52
64 Dylan Groenewegen Team Jumbo – Visma @ 20:19
65 Jack Bauer Mitchelton – Scott @ 20:20
66 Rhys Britton Great Britain Cycling Team @ 20:22
67 Conor Dunne Israel Cycling Academy @ 20:23
68 Matthew Walls Great Britain Cycling Team @ 20:30
69 Gabriel Cullaigh Team Wiggins-Le Col @ 20:30
70 Edward Laverack SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling @ 21:00
71 Trond Håkon Trondsen Wanty – Groupe Gobert @ 21:01
72 Christophe Noppe Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise @ 21:02
73 Roy Curvers Team Sunweb @ 21:03
74 Boris Vallée Wanty – Groupe Gobert @ 21:14
75 Alex Colman Canyon DHB @ 21:14
76 Jens Debusschere Team Katusha – Alpecin @ 22:00
77 Wesley Kreder Wanty – Groupe Gobert @ 22:05
78 Mark Renshaw Team Dimension Data @ 22:34
79 Jim Brown Great Britain Cycling Team @ 22:39
80 Cees Bol Team Sunweb @ 23:32
81 Robert Scott Team Wiggins-Le Col @ 23:58
82 Hector Carretero Movistar Team @ 24:14
83 Lasse Norman Hansen Corendon – Circus @ 24:21
84 Peter Williams SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling @ 25:01
85 James Fouche Team Wiggins-Le Col @ 25:07
86 Samuel Jenner Team Wiggins-Le Col @ 25:41
87 Erick Rowsell Madison – Genesis @ 25:50
88 Jacob Scott SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling @ 26:02
89 Rory Townsend Canyon DHB @ 27:18
90 Matthew Bostock Canyon DHB @ 27:23
91 Gediminas Bagdonas AG2R La Mondiale @ 27:34
92 Harry Tanfield Team Katusha – Alpecin @ 27:46
93 Ben Hardy SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling @ 28:02
94 Mark Cavendish Team Dimension Data @ 28:17
95 Joey Walker Madison – Genesis @ 28:50
96 Dries De Bondt Corendon – Circus @ 29:00
97 Edoardo Affini Mitchelton – Scott @ 29:42
98 Michael Cuming Madison – Genesis @ 29:43
99 Remy Mertz Lotto – Soudal @ 31:07
100 Bernhard Eisel Team Dimension Data @ 31:20
101 Frederik Frison Lotto – Soudal @ 31:36
102 Jonathan Dibben Madison – Genesis @ 31:51
103 Thomas Stewart Canyon DHB @ 33:35
104 Jonathan McEvoy Madison – Genesis @ 33:36
105 Andreas Stokbro Nielsen Riwal Readynez @ 35:54
106 Torkil Veyhe Riwal Readynez @ 37:15
107 Koen Bouwman Team Jumbo – Visma @ 40:30
108 Andrew Tennant Canyon DHB @ 40:45
109 Rasmus Byriel Iversen Lotto – Soudal @ 41:30
110 Tristan Robbins SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling @ 54:1